Deicing to be topic of airport summit

Aircraft deicing will be the topic of a summit Wednesday at Albany County Airport. Attending the daylong meeting will be representatives from airports across New York state, officials from the state departments of Environmental Conservation and Health, and representatives of companies that make propylene glycol, the main product used to remove ice from airplanes to make them safe for flying. Since 1990, the Albany County Airport Authority has spent $20 million, with state and county financial support, to prevent the deicing fluids from running off airport property.